HUD-VASH Project-Based Vouchers

• HUD published PIH 2009-11 on this subject effective March 16, 2009

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Limits on HUD-VASH PBV Units

• No more than 50 percent of a PHA’s HUD-VASH allocation of tenant-based vouchers may be project based.

• HUD-VASH PBV units are counted in the maximum 20 percent of voucher budget authority that may be project based.

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HUD-VASH PBV Proposals

• Headquarters must approve a PHA’s proposal to project base HUD-VASH voucher units.

• Proposals may be for existing, new construction and substantially rehabilitated units.

• PHA PBV proposals must be supported by the VAMC.

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Proposal Information

• Why the PHA wants to project-base these vouchers rather than providing tenant-based assistance.

• Success rate of HUD-VASH voucher holders and other voucher holders

• Utilization rate in SEMAP4

Proposal Information cont’d

• Amount of time, if any, HUD-VASH vouchers would be shelved for development

• A description of the project (details in notice)

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Continued Assistance for Families that Move

• PBV regulations provide that a family may terminate the lease anytime after the first year of occupancy.

• Also, the PHA must offer the family continued tenant-based assistance in the form of a voucher or comparable tenant-based rental assistance.

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Continued Assistance - 2

• A HUD-VASH family that no longer requires case management cannot be terminated for this reason.

• The PHA may offer the family a regular voucher to free up the HUD-VASH voucher.

• If there is no regular voucher available, the family can move with its HUD-VASH voucher.

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Continued Assistance - 3

If the family takes its HUD-VASH PBV to use as a tenant-based voucher, the PHA must assign a HUD-VASH voucher recipient to the PBV unit. If there is no HUD-VASH voucher available, the PHA may attach a regular voucher, if available, to the PBV unit which must be occupied in accordance with the PHA’s preferences for the unit. Preferences cannot be limited to HUD-VASH voucher holders or participants

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